A Psychedelic Anti-Marijuana PSA for Kids (1988)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/20/12 at 11:28pm

"I'm here. Find me."

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 4/20/12 at 11:44pm

Today's date: 4/20!

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 4/20/12 at 11:46pm

hahaha that was great.

It's almost as funny as the meth PSA from the 90's.
but I got the cleanest house on the street

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 4/20/12 at 11:49pm

Whaaaaaaaaaat??? Was the old guy supposed to be God?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/21/12 at 12:11am

He is called Mentor.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/21/12 at 1:04am

I remember that one from my childhood (as well as the All Star Cartoons To The Rescue 30 minute episode--I think that's what it was called where a bunch of various Sat Morning cartoon characters go to rescue a poor druggie kid--it didn't really make me think drugs are bad, but it did give me nightmares).
Here's a 3 minute overview, though I believe the whole thing is online (I think I would know I was already on drugs if the Muppet Babies, Alvin and the Chipmunks, etc, all came to take me on a tour of the dangers of drugs...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpk0L42jgE&feature=fvwrel

Still for psychedlic drug PSAs, *nothing* beats this Hanna Barbara animated 30 minute short from 1970. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJTC_sX5cxs

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/21/12 at 2:16am

That is downright scary!

[tazber]

Posted: 4/21/12 at 2:36am

The kids face at 1:55 is priceless. It sums up exactly how I felt watching that utterly bizarre clip.

When the "find me"s began it turned into something like a cult recruitment tool.

And what was he pointing to at the last second? His heart? His junk?

Btw, I love Everything Is Terrible. Hilarious stuff on that site.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 4/21/12 at 2:27pm

Well, at least the meth version is somewhat accurate.

[tazber]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 12:31pm

Bump because it's still a classic.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 12:50pm

And it would make a DAMN FINE BROADWAY MUSICAL!

Lilla Crawford as The White Girl, Willow Smith as The Black Girl and Patti LuPone as Mentor.

[tazber]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 12:57pm

Set in a circus no doubt.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 1:05pm

F*CK, that's terrifying. If I was tripping, that would make me jump out of a window to escape it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 1:39pm

Baby Kermit DOES speak the truth when he says "There's nothing cool about a fool on drugs." Cool people on drugs are totally cool though.

[wexy]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 1:43pm

My favorite was in the park with the guy pushing pills to kids.
"Get away from me kid, you bother me, How do you know you got chromosomes?"

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 1:45pm

I love that one and found it recently on YouTube.

"Dig everybody: L -- S -- D."

[wexy]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 2:25pm

thanks Namo, I will look for that one...

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 2:49pm

My Nephew recently watched a video in health class from the 80s. It was about a younger kid who finds his brother's drugs and tries them out. He promptly has a nervous breakdown and jumps out his bedroom window to his death because of the "bugs" crawling all over him. The kids were apparently having a hoot watching it. So, maybe it's time that schools consider updating their lessons to more current and relatable media. Just a thought.

Also, this is not drug related but the PSA educational video talk has me thinking about a Razzie-worthy classic they show in health classes regarding rape: She Cried No. I can still remember watching the original '96 broadcast of it. My god, it's so horrendous. Features D.J. from Full House and Zack from Saved By The Bell. The most memorable line, for me, was Zack exclaiming "she cried no...but her eyes screamed yes!"

[andi1235]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 8:26pm

Best thing about Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is the song by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. :) Well, to be fair, more the FACT that the big musical number was Ashman/Menken.

I watched this more than once as a kid. It was on video at our library, and since it was "educational" it was a free rental. I checked it out a few times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6vY4gpsiSE

[tazber]

Posted: 7/9/13 at 11:29pm

Thanks for posting that andi1235. I never realized they wrote that.

I couldn't understand the lyrics but what a great little curio.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:01am

Headband, you can't bring that one up and forget about Brian Austin Green and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen



Kind of scary how this one actually became fairly prophetic, most recently with the Steubenville cases.

[carolineorchange21]

Posted: 7/10/13 at 12:10am

My parents went on benders taping from television in the late 80s. As a result I had this anti-drug special on a tape followed by Mary Poppins, half of The Brave Little Toaster, and Driving Miss Daisy. At 6, this tape was my crack. I had bits of Miss Daisy memorized and would make the other kids at school play chauffeur with me!

I don't think I even really knew that it was an anti-drug special. I thought the little girl was f*cking annoying for going into her brother's room and spilling his sh*t! A block on the name Corey for the rest of my life.

[Icehouse Life]

Posted: 7/11/13 at 5:17pm

Can't believe Richard Kiley did this. As soon as I heard his familiar voice, I found this to be very strangely bad.

Very scary to think The Mentor is inside you in the netherregions.

The "Call Me" portion does remind me of those late night sexy phone number commercials.

[jv92]

Posted: 7/12/13 at 12:02pm

Well, golly-- thanks Nancy Reagan for spending more time on this crap than a catastrophic plague called AIDS.




Updated On: 7/12/13 at 12:02 PM